Photographic-print washer.



J. B. KING.

PHOTOGRAPHIG PRINT WASHER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1911.

1,086,060. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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JAMES BERNARD KING, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

PHOTOGRAPHIC-PRINT WASHER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES BERNARD KING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Photograph -Print Washer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a useful, effective and inexpensive apparatus to extract unnecessary and damaging chemicals from photographic prints and all other articles where water is applied to extract from the surface or body of anything that can be cleansed by similar application.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the'entire apparatus, one of the legs of the frame being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view representing the discharge end of the canal. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section showing the positions occupied by the orifices in the horse-shoe spray pipe.

A represents a shallow basin that may be square, round, rectangular, or of any other form suitable for the purpose. The basin is provided with a canal 13 partitioned off along one side of it and extending two-thirds, more or less, the length of one side of the basin. 7

C represents the discharge end of the canal, where the wall of the basin is sufficiently cut away (see Fig. 2) for the purpose of forming a discharge for the water passing through the canal, thus preventing an overflow of the basin. The part of the wall remaining in tact and immediately below that part which is cut away forms a dam which retains a sufiicient depth of water in the basin necessary to perform the required service.

Above the basin A is a horizontal spray pipe D, which is shown as being constructed in the shape of a horse-shoe. The one shown in Fig. 1 performs the service better than any other and almost to perfection, as there are no sprays directed toward the prints while passing the entrance to the canal (see Fig. 1) to force them into the outflow, because the open space (which is far Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 29, 1911.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

Serial No. 641,249.

thest from the intake to the canal) of the horse-shoe shaped pipe has no sprays, while all other sections of it have them when doing service.

.Tube E is vertically adjustable in the guide cylinder F of frame G. Frame G has three legs whose feet, which are detachable from the basin, rest on the rim of it so that the whole attachment may be removed from and replaced on the basin or tank at will. One side of the basin has no leg or other obstruction resting on it, giving the operator all the room needed to insert and remove all prints, negatives, etc. from the water in the basin. One of the legs is represented in the drawing as being partly broken away to give a clear View of the parts it would otherwise conceal.

A clamp screw H in the guide cylinder F is arranged to press against the inside or slidabletube E so that the spray pipe D which is rigidly attached to the lower end of tube E may be lowered or raised at any desirable height over the water in the basin and then securely clamped, it being necessary to lower it when the pressure of water is weak and to raise it when the pressure is strong.

The openings or orifices in the horse-shoe spray pipe D are so arranged that under water pressure, if the pipe were straight they would cause the sprays to be all parallel, but owing to the bend in the pipe the openings of each arm of the spray pipe D directs its sprays toward but beneath the opposite arm, thus causing the sprays to cross each other similar to the letter X, down between the pipe D and thewater in the basin, each spray forming an acute angle with the bottom of the basin. The tendency of this discharge upon the water in the basin is to drive the prints outward and away from the center of the basin where they tend to congregate, and into the stream or current set up by sprays from the verti cal pipe L, and also to form an under current in the stream to prevent the prints from rest-ing on the bottom of the basin. Thus the prints are continually washed and cleansed requiring no manipulation other than to place the prints in and remove them from the basin; there being no danger of tearing or otherwise injuring the prints in this manner of washing them.

The tube E is connected above the cyl inder F with a water pipe cross I which is closed at the bottom but opened at the top and sides. The vertical tube J is attached to the said T I, which, while in use, is connected by hose with water supply under pressure. The cross is supplied with two water taps, l and 2. Tap 1 is connected by a flexible tube K with the spray pipe L and tap 2 is connected by a tube M with the horseshoe spray pipe D, both tubes K and M being thereby supplied with water under pressure.

The sprays from the vertical pipe L perform the double service of setting up a current or stream of water within the arena of the basin and guarding the intake of the canal against any prints finding their way therein by forming a strong cross current with the outflow and on a line with the circling stream in the basin.

I claim:

1. A photograph print washer comprising a basin to hold water having a drainage canal formed by a partition extending from one of its walls, parallel to an adjacent .wall and part way across said basin, the wall of the basin at the terminus of said canal being provided with a discharge opening, the lower part of said wall of which acts as a dam to retain sufficient water for washing the prints and means for supplying said basin with water, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A photograph print washer with a water holding basin having a drain canal with a discharge opening to drain the surplus water and chemicals in solution from said basin; of a frame over said basin with legs or supports whose feet rest on the rim of said basin but are detachably connectcd therewith; of a perpendicular guide cylinder within said frame and forming a part thereof and located over the central parts of said basin; of a tube made to support a horizontal spray pipe at its lower end, said tube being vertically adjustable and slidable within and guided by said guide cylinder and means carried by said guide cylinder for holding said tube in adjusted position, substantially as described.

3. In a photograph print washer having a water holding basin with a drain canal having a discharge opening to drain the surplus water from said basin; of a frame within which is a perpendicular guide cylinder that forms a part. of said frame all of which is located above said basin and which frame has legs or supports with their feet resting on the rim of said basin, but detachably connected therewith; of a tube Vertically adjustable and slidable within and guided by said guide cylinder, and supporting a horizontal spray pipe at the lower end and at its upper end a water pipe cross which water pipe cross is supplied with a water cock at each side and adapted to connect with water supply under pressure at each of said water cocks and at the top of said water pipe cross; of a vertical guard spray pipe having orifices to form sprays and located at the intake of said drain canal within said basin and said spray pipe being connected by a flexible hose with one of the water cocks aforesaid named and there adapted to connect with water supply under pressure, so that when the water is turned on sprays are produced and directed into said basin in a manner to serve the purposes of setting up a circling stream of water in said basin and preventing any prints passing into the drain canal of said basin by forcing them back into the aforesaid circling stream, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a photograph print washer having a basin to hold water with a drain canal, having a discharge opening, used to drain the surplus water and chemicals in solution from said basin; of a frame with legs or supports having a perpendicular guide cylinder that forms a part thereof, and which frame is located above said basin with the feet of said frame resting on the rim of said basin but are detachably connected therewith; of a horizontal spray pipe supplied with orifices to form sprays and located over the central parts of said basin, said horizontal spray pipe being attached to the lower end of a tube that is vertically adjustable and slidable within and guided by said guide cylinder and having a water pipe cross, supplied with two water cocks, at its top; of a water-conveying tube one end of which connects with said horizontal spray pipe and the other end with one of the water cocks of the water pipe cross near the top of said vertically adjustable tube and there being adapted to connect with water supply under pressure, so that i when the water is turned on, sprays are formed that cross each other at acute angles between said horizontal spray pipe and the bottom of said basin thereby forcing the prints being washed away from the center of the basin and out into the circling stream, and raising an under current in the water of said basin, thus preventing the prints from resting on the bottom thereof, substantially as described.

JAMES BERNARD KING. lVit-nesses FRED. Rossow, BERTRAM ALBER'rsoN.

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